the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius. carlo isabella you see an opposition leader who's in neighboring poland he believes look at shanker has underestimated the movement against him. everybody understand and the stand very well that look at seneca maximum got. 10 percent of the public support was the real result of the presidential elections but in fact you wrote him. he declared that he had to go 'd out 80 percent of the public vote which was absolutely not true well below roots will never be the same that's very obvious. now. post from different sides i mean look us encourage him you know look at shankar faces the opposition 1st of all from the side of the public. society civil society 2nd from the west that didn't recognize their results of the presidential elections and the 3rd also is russia because the kremli

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius. the mayor of the u.s. city of portland has blamed president trump for inciting violence calling him out for 4 years of what he called racists a bigoted hate speech there ted wheeler made the comment during a press conference on saturday night one person was shot dead during violent clashes between rival groups in the city poland has been the site of nightly demonstrations for more than 3 months since police killed george floyd in minneapolis the man also warned trump to stay away from his city. he has an opportunity to lift us and bring us together and help us move through this difficult situation in our nation's history and instead he chooses to play petty politics and divide us that's my reaction so i'm going to do the work that i need to do here in my local community with

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius. the 1st exit polls from montenegro's parliamentary election in confirming a tight battle the 1st preliminary projection shows me a low do kind of issues governing d.p.'s party on 34.2 percent of the vote the opposition produce alliance is just behind on 33.7 percent. all options are on the table to resolve protests over racial injustice in the u.s. city of portland according to the acting homeland security secretary chad wolf it comes after one person was shot dead during saturday night's violence between rival groups in the city activists in montreal who pulled down a statue of canada's 1st prime minister john a macdonald after protests calling for the defunding of the police historian say mcdonald's policies in the late 19th century forcibly removed indigenous children from

have interpreted this as an indication that the kremlin is poised to intervene meanwhile about amir putin and his german counterpart angela merkel have spoken by phone the 2 leaders agreed that any outside intervention and belorussian affairs is unacceptable earlier though a number of e.u. countries raise concerns over possible russian meddling anyway we discuss that with our guests. i think there is a problem now there's a preconception in the west that russia could maybe. be tempted to intervene in belarus by whatever means largely because we're all looking back at what's happened in the brain. and i think maybe this is rather different but it's not necessarily how it looks when you look at it from london people would be expecting that maybe russia will act when someone acting the european union is playing it will you begin to roll in the case of belarus and the double standard there because they criticize the lives of the most you look at single but they're the same time we accept ground and we know that it is a gun free will mr morgan has there more than 50000 the future poland in dan

alexei novelli is russia's most prominent opposition politician he planned to challenge blood amir putin in 2018 but was prevented from running in the presidential election. but many russians know him much as a new report an anti corruption activist in his team has used drones to expose the luxury lifestyles of figures connected to the kremlin's in this case friends of former prime minister and president dmitri medvedev activist pick up the rivers zillow says not all news reported symptoms remind him of his own poisoning he blames the secret police. you lose your coordination your sense of smell and sight and you can't walk and then you end up in the intensive care ward in a serious condition that's very similar to what happened to me 2 years ago and then . there's a lot it was treated in berlin's sherry tay hospital the clinic is now waiting to treat no volumnia if he's permitted to travel there. let's get the latest on the story now. correspondent emily share when a standing by for us hi emily so 1st we hear that not only is being flown out of the country then doctors say that he canno

for america to let amir putin reveals that russia has set up a reserve police force to help with shanker if the better race protests get out of control. an hour and tale of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up turkey says it will hold live fire military drills in the eastern mediterranean as its disputes with greece deepen news. flash floods and major damage in louisiana after the u.s. gulf coast is battered by its strongest ever hurricane most of us. has deserves to be a lifetime of complete and utter silence celebrations and relief in christ church as the mosque shooter who killed 51 people becomes the 1st person to be jailed for life without parole in new zealand. over the head of nato and poland's prime minister have urged russia not to meddle in the crisis in better ruse this after vladimir putin sent his clearest signal yet but he's ready to use force to support the belorussian president russia's president said a reserve police force has been set up to help alexander lukashenko but will only be deployed if the unrest spins out of control if the mass protests across th

unjust coma after being transferred from siberia on sunday the long time opponent to present that amir putin collapse on a plane on thursday after thanking a cup of tea at tomsk port. professor alastair hay is an environmental toxicology expert he says at their most deadly these substances are notorious nerve agents those are the preserve generally of government the nerve agent there are a variety sarin and reeling off some names here and now seren tabun like the compound the x. that was used on the north korean leader's half brother in malaysia and killed him . those substances are all what you would find within government they're all strictly regulated and there shouldn't be any in general circulation not the truck type chemicals also fall into that category they're ones where you would expect it to come from some government source very unlikely for an individual to have it although it is not beyond the ability of competent chemists with good facilities good protection in a laboratory for the person making the substance for them to be able to make it. so has hair on al-jazeera and talks in

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius still had an al-jazeera opposition supporters celebrate and montenegro after a church dispute brings a surprise election result. and a minimum wage is among a number of sweeping labor reforms in qatar as a god state gears up for the world cup in 2022. there seems to be a relentless drive to change the season in europe a massive clouds come what is front after front come in from the atlantic and that's the current setup which means you've got nothing much happening here except what you can't see is a light northerly breeze the is only cool down here the temperature in london paris is about 3 to 5 degrees below average that's quite a big change and the junction between the cooler and what still warm obviously means regulus on the storms it's a least a vignette to western parts o

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius. still had an al-jazeera opposition supporters celebrated in montenegro after church to spirit brings the surprise election result. and a minimum wage is among a number of sweeping labor reforms in qatar as the gulf state gears up for the world cup in 2022. hello we're seeing some massive storms across parts of central europe you can see the clutch of thunder heads which have made their way across the alps almost from the we have here we have some very warm air to the southeast a much cooler air towards the northwest where the 2 made the warmest forced about the colorado river coal's condenses falls massive clouds seen some super cells take a look at this one in hungary a massive storm which brewed up here we're going to see further showers over the next couple days as that ho

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to back russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius lebanon's ambassador to germany mr looks likely to be the new prime minister have to day's a deadlock that's after he won support from several parties including the governing future movement we're told so expected on monday to confirm the post the former government resigned earlier this month after a blast in the capital beirut killing the $200.00 ppi. all on the level and sectarian power sharing system the prime minister must be a sunni muslim lebanon's president michel aoun says the political system needs to be changed and has called for a secular state. the transformation of lebanon from a prevailing 6 tarion system to a modern secular state a state of citizens and citizenship mean to tell vacation from the hated legacies of sectarianism and its repercussions itself versio

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to back russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius. well the mayor of portland has accused president donald trump of creating a culture of fear hate and division in the u.s. their criticism comes after a supporter of a far right group was killed on saturday night it happened when backers of the president cost with counter-demonstrations protests have been taking place for nearly 3 months since police in minneapolis killed george floyd an african-american do you seriously wonder mr president why this is the 1st time in decades that america has seen this level of violence it's you who have created the hate in the division it's you who have not found a way to say the names of black people killed by police officers even as people in law enforcement have president trump you bring no peace you bring no respect to our democracy you m

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday for the 2 men of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius from. the russian journalist and political commentator based in neighboring ukraine he says there have been anti-government protests in the past them by the roots but the scale of the current movement is unprecedented. what we can see right now it means streets and larger cities of belarus we can see all generations all social groups workers students older people protesting against the government so they don't protest just for europe or for russia they protest for freedom this is the pure pro-democracy movement in 2020 you know belarus is very patriarchal very conservative society and women were never involved in politics but this year is very different we have the presidential candidate and the opposition leaders for planets and those can well lead in the whole movemen

instability there russia says alexander lukashenko asked for help to create a reserve police force that amir putin says russian police will only be sensible risk if the situation spins out of control where protesters and a growing number of striking workers are demanding political change in belarus look at schenker is accused of rigging his reelection there earlier this month. the european justice commissioner says he'll consider legal action to stop cyprus from selling citizenship he was reacting so weak of reports from al-jazeera as investigative units the cyprus papers reveal that dozens of criminals and high level political figures have bought so-called golden passports deborah davis has this reports. the european parliament has repeatedly demanded an end to schemes where one country can sell passports which open up access to the rest of the european union in an exclusive interview with al jazeera the european justice commissioner said the time had come for legal action. i have had many contacts with . the minister of interior. said letter to the government and now we are analyzing its need of

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. the mayor of portland has accused president donald trump of creating a culture of fear hate and division in the u.s. the criticism comes after a supporter of a far right group was killed on saturday night it happened when backers of the president cost of counter-demonstrations protests have been taking place for nearly 3 months since police in minneapolis killed george floyd an african-american. let's bring in mike hanna he's joining us from washington d.c. so there's been concern and criticism from the mayor but what has the president himself been saying my. well the president spent a large part of the morning sending our tweets some 90 of them in just over an hour many of them deeply criticizing that mayor of portland others. those who staged come to demonstrations in port

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday for the 2 man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. the 2 main parties in montenegro have claimed victory in parliamentary elections and the results give the d.p.'s party a president's where there's a kind of it's a narrow lead but the opposition leaders declared the government had fallen but only if the prediction is a political analyst from montenegro he says an official result will take up to 2 days we have preliminary results stated by the independent n.g.o.s what is very important to mention is that the official state electoral commissions didn't. go out with it believe the results 'd we had claims of week 3 by the position parties and according. to what general said they are the majority of 41 to 42 out of 81 members of parliament. they already announced their ghoulish and. we help the possibly in part with how sm

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius now a strong turnout is being reported in montenegro as part of the. election president will you kind of it has cast his ballot in the capital point to reach where polls are low close in the next hour his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia russia you kind of itches government has now led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. that makes him one of europe's longest serving leaders project we expect that montenegrin society will confirm its democratic maturity and responsibility in these elections that the elections will take place in conditions of absolute stability and democratic culture appropriate to modern montenegro i also expect that at the end of the day we stop elise what is the free d

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius once a nigger was really in party has now really won the parliamentary election the pro western party of president miller's work on all the security 35 percent of the votes the opposition party which wants closer ties to serbia russia trailed on 32 percent but if it manages to form a coalition with rival blocs it could still remove the ruling party from power which has been in power for nearly 3 decades. india has recorded $78000.00 cases of corona virus in 24 hours that's the biggest single day figure anywhere in the world the health ministry also reported $948.00 deaths that takes the total to 63500 but the government is still easing pandemic restrictions nationwide. hong kong has government says half a 1000000 people have signed up for its free coronavirus testing program d

his team blames that amir putin phrase -- blames vladimir putin for his illness, saying he was poisoned. bloomberg sources tell us the british negotiators sought to break the deadlock, submitting a draft-free trade agreement based on what they thought was common ground with the eu, but so far, that has not led to a breakthrough. and that is our first word news. let's get straight to our first word news today. has excepted the democratic nomination to challenge president donald trump. in a speech, he asks for leadership that will overcome political division in the united states. mr. biden: the current president has cloaked america in darkness for much too long. too much anger, too much fear, too much division. now, i give you my word. if you trust me with it presidency, i will draw on the best of us, not the worst. i will be an ally of the light, not the darkness. it is time for us, for we the people, to come together. and make no mistake, united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america. francine: well, joining us to talk about this and the impacts bevan,markets is jam

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius the mayor of portland has accused president donald trump of creating a culture of fear hate and division in the u.s. their criticism comes after a supporter of a far right group was killed on saturday night it happened when backers of the president cost with counter-demonstrators. do you seriously wonder mr president why this is the 1st time in decades that america has seen this level of violence it's you who have created the hate in the division it's you who have not found a way to say the names of black people killed by police officers even as people in law enforcement have president trump you bring no peace you bring no respect to our democracy you mr president need to do your job as the leader of this nation and i mr president will do my job is the mayor of this city both

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's willingness to back russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. or front overtures is a journalist and political commentator and he joins me now from kiev in neighboring ukraine firstly frederick it's good to see the last time i saw you was exactly 10 years ago in minsk and you were being followed by the k.g.b. because of your protests against look at 2010 a significant election when 10 years have passed what's happened to the process movements what is behind this newfound confidence oh yeah long time long time in 2010 also we had the progress but they died after $34.00 days and when we bag and then we had the support perhaps of 2025 percent of population but now the absolute majority doorbell or a sense are tired of having a look at the president and what we can see right now it means streets and larger cities from belarus we can see all

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al-jazeera vilnius. well valery except color is a better russian opposition leader who is a neighboring poland he believes that he has underestimated the movement against him. everybody understand and the stand very well that look at santa maximum got 'd. 10 percent of the public support this was the real result of the presidential elections but in fact you wrote him. he declared that he had to go out 80 percent of the public vote which was absolutely not true well bill rousseau will never be the same that's very obvious. now. post from different sides i mean the look us encourage him you know look at seneca faces the opposition 1st of all from the side of the bill was publica society a civil society 2nd from the west that didn't recognize their results of the presidential elections and the 3rd al

the kremlin says about amir putin called alexander lukashenko on sunday to wish him happy birthday to man of agree to meet in moscow in the next few weeks a suggestion of the kremlin's a willingness to buck russia's president as the european union prepares to impose new sanctions. burnet smith al jazeera vilnius. the body that said montenegro finale 30 years may struggle to hold on to power after an unexpectedly close election and the results of the ruling d.p.'s party of president mitterrand to conduct its around 35 percent of the vote and actually o'brien reports. position supporters out in montenegro's capital pub after they needed to catch the government had fallen. out of the. people of montenegro freedom has happened was. was up. for good people seema after 31 years of absolute power this have to happen. early results from sunday's parliamentary elections put the opposition alliance just behind the ruling socialist party the d.p.s. but both sides said they can forge a majority with the help of smaller parties. the d.p.'s of president candidates has never lost an election that is

for america let amir putin reveals that russia has set up a reserve police force to help shanker if the better race protests get out of control. or in jail this is al jazeera live from london also coming up turkey says it will hold live fire military drills in the eastern mediterranean as it's disputed with and with greece deepen.

while they began accusing the kremlin and sometimes even putin personally of poisoning violently headlines accusing the kremlin and sometimes let amir prudes and were dominating and continue to dominate western media without any facts or even a hint of proof take a look if you read the western media newspapers meanwhile now violently continues to remain in intensive care he is in a medically induced coma at the moment however according to doctors in germany his condition is non-life threatening. thanks to a man that was there on course that are there with the latest on the case and we can talk about this a bit further to you because also waiting on the line presses martin mccauley he's an author in russia. good afternoon to you martin. what do you make of this report that germany is willing to work with russia on the only case what sort of cooperation could we see do you think. one journeys a very famous teaching hospital charity in berlin. and it has a high reputations and therefore everyone has know which one of confidence in the expertise or 3 the medical staff and the specialist so what they will be doing is in fact sending a re